My first experience in Christian Science was of its gentle healing of sorrow and of a sense of separation from loved ones. Within the following two years I was enabled to meet and master, through Christian Science alone, that which I had always feared and believed had power to harm me—tuberculosis of the lungs and throat. This was thought to be hereditary, my mother, my brother, and some other relatives having passed on from it.
Before knowing anything about Christian Science, I had attended clinics and studied everything I could find on the subject, in order to prevent that very experience; but this had failed to do so, and only added fuel to the fire of false beliefs already embedded in my thought. The truth about God and man, however, as taught in Christian Science, corrected and healed me, so that I enjoyed splendid health for about eight years, during which time I had a chance to grow in the understanding of divine Truth and Love, and to prove their efficacy in many ways. In caring for my two little children, the truth helped me every day spiritually, mentally, physically, and also financially.
Then came more testing times, and after some severe trials I again manifested the symptoms of tuberculosis. And right here I want to thank God for a loyal teacher and practitioner, and for friends who helped me to dig deeper and uproot more of the errors that were latent in thought, so that a more thorough healing has since taken place. I have been learning to know the truth about supply; that God is our Life and the only source of all needful supply; that matter or mortal mind cannot give us anything worth while, and cannot take away that which God gives. The seven children who now belong in our home have each and all experienced the protection and help, and also the physical healing which Christian Science affords, and we are all very grateful.
